Knitting machine and method



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Patented May 16 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Roy 0. Amido'n', Reading, Pa'., assignor t'o vani ty Fair Mills,v Inc'.,*Reading; Pa., aicorporationwof Pennsylvania epplicafio'n' October" 1 1945, serial Geezer;

60 Claims. (G1; G's-.8

1'; Mydnventionrelates tie-machines for producing fabrics similar to the fabrics covered by my fPatents No. 2,136,367, issued November 1938; No. 2,155,385, issued Apri1'2 5'; '19'39; No. 2,331,289,

issued October 12, 1943; and No; 2,369,651, issued- "February 1945; it further relates to machines of the, tricot or iajst, warp t pasuch as those c o'veredb'y my PatentsNo. 2,136,368, issued November 15, @1938; No. 21155386, issued'April 2 5, '1939;'NO; 2,243,850, i's s'fiedJune 3, 194I; N0.'2,- 313,725,,jssued March 19,1943; and No.2,336,455, issued December 14; 1921s.,

i f br a aiqu r v t e n dle a s t Fi esdewdssx ayeie iti dsbi,dw betweentheir f iw a n a awa d swi s- In other machines for producing fiat knit qr ms tte t e, n d sa lsn th e a md sla n d rto in th a 'Od n qessr tte the kn t in rq "l j' q Metri s, 9m: en at na i twieegih Speed a th ethe bevera e-1 56a; h en r cs b in ppe ve y .9 mn d=,w a er by a e a f ssrbet ng e ec iq h ba t w h ee ee s e ides and s n e s, e a iee d ,Ma inss i r n ar us eni ti z. m t qes; nq l e n P r re disclosed, m xa p s; pate t Na 4 72. 1, o B y "D'eee'mber 17, 1889; N0. 1,165,294.,to S pringthorpe, peqe r l s 9% Q-i Z3 60 t fip i h Ap i 1,1 2 aoezilfislnm ton, Aprii a ,1 1 t- 5 az aw. a -eel -Au s &5 2: a d 2,339,153to.CotterilhJanuary- 11, 1944. t h mbie t's my inveet q aw TQ ,r v d -a a hi .v e e nah e a a- 2;. d O e m y t d;

2- 10. lm is aasmaehie i h q vibration nd sli ke h reduee io a m im m a" i et amean q whi fi te a cty of: fab ics c p .n t

11-- almost infinite variety of; patterns thread g despas's'forwardly and backwardl'y 4. To 'provide'a machine in Whichthe'use o spring-beard needles, latch neen e na longitudinally sliding tongues is eliminatldr p 5. To provide a machinein which the number of camactions'is reducedtoa minimum; v

6. To providea'machine in whie h the needles, tongues, and sinkers are in constant smooth motion without s'ubstantialperiodsof dwell; V

7. To provideai machine in which the needle bar, the tongue bar and the sinker bar areall carried one: single rock shaft; p M

v v--P. Q la ma hine i ich thread guides that are only movable, bet-e1; and forth in a direction to lay thethreadacro'sstheneedles a e empl ed, wh ch ui s? can "be located with their eyes quite clo'seto the path in" which the sinkers move back, and' forthj.

9; Toprovide a machine'in which; needlesand tongues of the kind disclosed'i'ri'jrly Patent No.

20 2,4 ,371, issued February 2.4;194821 10. To providea meehme in vvhich tharok shaft, the,nee dle ,,ba r, and the sinkerb'arQafe actuated by eccentrics through an adjustable 25 system of levers and. connectingrods;

11. To provideIa machinelin which' the needles draw thread by engaging the threads Withth'e back of the needle shanks on 'the up-strok'efs of the needles as the,needlespassforward, and upward through betweeii theflthreadfgifidsf and hook the threads on the downwa -rearward movement of the needles before the needle hooli's enter the sinkers; a 12. To provide a machine in whiohafspe'dially designed thread letofi take-upi mechanism, and 'a specially designed cloth tekeeup mebham m cooperate With ODG another and with the needles to keep the thread always under thedesiredjension from beam. to cloth -take 'up, roll}, and to operate both mechanisms withecc'entries l 13. To provide a machine inwhi'ph a: rock shaft carries bearings oifsetrrom the "exist (if the shaft, in which, the needIe-bar-carryin, rods are reciprocative under the aetion of an eccentric or eccentrics and, which: bearihgs ree with the shaft, by virtue.eri wme u e1neeqies may; be made to travel in a priedetermi'fiedflpath, part of which at leastis a loop, "duririg Which-the needles first 'dravv and then hook' the thread from the beam via the guides; I I I 14. To provide a machine in vv-hich the tongue b is id w t sar in i si ;t t-,aresl able in bearings, the bearings being carried-by and rockable with the rock shaftandin which provision is made to move said bearings backand forth in. a direction normal to the axeso f said 

